Whether reading an auction catalog, a book or a specialized article, amateur frequently meets the word "poincon", mark in english, attached to a piece of silverware or jewelry. What do they mean ? Do they have any influence on the price and value of jewelry and silverware on which they are found ?

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« Attribué à Picasso », « de Picasso », « signé Picasso » « portant une signature : Picasso »… are expressions that reflect many different reality. To render these subtleties, it is important to fully understand the language of auctions catalog.

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Chinese ceramics are probably the most beautiful in the world. Fron the Tang first pieces to the late eighteenth century, all those works of art can be regarded as masterpieces, each of which having is own features and caracteristics.

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On December the 4th, the Bonhams sold at auction in London the lot number 153 a sumptuous cabinet dating from 1895, for the record sum of £ 2 036 000. An extraordinary bid for a piece of furniture from the late nineteenth century.

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Last week, a diamond known as the Wittelsbach became the most expensive gem ever sold at auction. Sold € 18.70 million by Christie's London to the famous London jeweler, Laurence Graff, the Wittelsbach diamond is an exception in many ways ...

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Christmas is coming and with it the search for the original gift that will be enjoyed. Have you ever thought buying a French Empire ormolu clock? There is something for any budget, many models and sizes.

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Born in Tours, where he received his training, Abraham Bosse (? 1604-1676) spends most of his career in Paris. Draftsman, printmaker, illustrator and art theorist, he is one of the major artists of the first half of the seventeenth century.

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Whether reading an auction catalog, a book or a specialized article, amateur frequently comes across the term "stamp" attached to a piece of furniture or a seat. It can be compared to a signature on a painting. But who is behind the brand and what is the real significance of this mark?

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Jean Puiforcat is the leader of the Art Deco silverware in France. Modern artist, he is one of the first to develop simple and geometric lines in French luxury silverware.

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Collectors, museums, and old master drawings amateur, will compete on 19th December, to purchase at auction some of the original 240 drawing by the English painter George Hayter (1792-1871) offered in the auction by Claude Aguttes, assisted by Bertrand Dumas, specialist in old master drawings and paintings.

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